Photograph - Cataraqui Shipwreck Memorial, King Island, 1887, This photograph of a memorial on King Island to the victims of the Cataraqui shipwreck, one of Australia's worst civil disasters. The ship Cataraqui, carrying migrants from England bound for Melbourne, went aground here with the loss of 399 lives in August 1845. You can see that by 1887 the memorial has been badly degraded by sea salt. This image is one of thirty-two black and white photographs
Photograph - Cataraqui Shipwreck Memorial, King Island, 1887, This photograph of a memorial on King Island to the victims of the Cataraqui shipwreck, one of Australia's worst civil disasters. The ship Cataraqui, carrying migrants from England bound for Melbourne, went aground here with the loss of 399 lives in August 1845. You can see that by 1887 the memorial has been badly degraded by sea salt. This image is one of thirty-two black and white photographs
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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